Fastener for crypt fronts



V 5 Sheets-Sheet l Nov. 21, 1944. .1. s. slNNER ETAL l FASTNER FOR CRYPT FRONTS Filed une 22, 194s 5 Sheets-SheetY 2 In venian Filed June 22, 1943 J.B. SINNER i-:TAL

FASTENER FOR CRYPT FRONTS Oscar A-5z'nwzer Nov. 21, 1944.

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FASTENER FOR CRYBT FRONTSV Filed June 22, 1943 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 l. IW.

Inventors Jok7b- Sinn/er Uscar. S2W/ner shown `in elevation,

Patented Nov. 21, i944 d l funn-ED f STAT Es PAT ENT OFFICE N FASTENER Fon cRYPT FRoNrs John B. Sinner and Oscar A.` Sinner, VSan Diego, Calif. e j l 1 Application .time 22, 194s, serial No. 4551,820

` 1 claim.` (01,7247) Our invention relates to fasteners for securing the marblefronts of crypts in place.

and horizontal partition walls 2, 3, as best shown in Figure 1. i

l The instant inventioniis designed as an im-` i provementI over that forming the subject matter of U.IS. Patent No. 2,080,190 `issued to John B. Sinner, under date ofMay 11, 1937, the primary object in view being to provide simplified fasteners for use atthe corners of cryptfronts ar-` ranged in horizontal and vertical rows, and which are constructedand arranged for releasing `the corners of anyselected front without releasing or unfastening surrounding fronts, whereby any selected frontmay be quickly and easily removed 'to open a selected cryptcompartment.

, Another object is to obviate in such fasteners` the use of springs for maintaining fronts of different thicknesses facing in a common plane.

Still another object is to provide in such fasteners improved means'for permanently anchoring the same in the crypt structure.

Other and subordinate objects" are also comprehended by our invention, all of which, together means of our improved fasteners,

Figure 2 is a View in vertical section taken on theline 2-2 of Figure 1 and drawn to an enlarged scale,

Figure 3 is a similar view Figure 4 is a view in front elevation of one of the fasteners anchored to the crypt,

Figure 5` is a view in horizontal section taken on-the line 5-5 of Figure 1, e.

Figure 6 is aview in perspective of one of the slides, and I Figure 7 is a similar View of the anchoring device for the studs of the fasteners. l

Referring to the drawings by numerals, ourimproved fasteners have been shown therein as applied to the usual crypt, or mausoleum, I having intersecting, horizontal and vertical partition walls, shown in dotted lines at 2, 3, respectively, and forming casket containing compartments 5, as will be understood, adapted to be closed by square fronts, or slabs, 4 arranged in horizontal and vertical rows. The fasteners, designated 6, are provided at the intersections of the vertical with the fasteners Each fastener 6 comprises `a base plate 1 ernbodying on the front' face thereofa pair of ver` tically spaced, horizontal guides 8,forming a hori-` zontal vdovetailed guideway 9 `therebetween in which is `slidably mounted a rectangular dovetailed plate` lforming the base of aslide Il I and which is provided with a central outstanding ledge `I2 having beveled ends'I3 for` a purpose presentlylseen. The ledge `I2 `is provided on the top face thereofwith a rib-like key I4 extending along the same from end to end thereof, and

` on the bottom face with4 a similar key I5 shorter than the key I4 and terminating shortofthe ends of the ledge I2.

The fasteners 6 are each secured to the crypt I by means of a pair of `upper and lower studs I6, the front ends of which extend through upper and lower slots I1 in the base plate 1, the studs being provided in the rear of said base plate with polygonal heads I8 designed to abut the crypt I of a crypt with the fronts securedgin place by and against which the base plate is` clamped by nuts I9 on said `front ends turned against said plate. By this means, the base plate I and slide I I are vertically adjustable, as occasion may Iequire, on the crypt I. The ,studs` I6 are turned I into a pair of internally threaded bushings 20 embedded inthe crypt structure I and connected intermediate their ends by a cross rod 2 I extending endwise therebetween and also embeddedin said structure. As will be seen, thebushings 20 and the rod 2| form a durable device foranchoring the fastener in said` crypt structure.

The ledges I2 of the fasteners 6 are interposed horizontally between the top `and fbottorn` edges of adjacent horizontal rows of fronts 4 at the corners of said fronts, and each ledge I2 supports the adjacent lower corners of two adjacent fronts 4 of a horizontal row and overlies the upper corners of two adjacent fronts 4 of a 'By virtue ofthe described construction and arrangement of the fasteners 6, `relative to the fronts 4, if removal `of any selected front 4 is desired, the top edge thereof may be unfastened by merely moving the slide II of the fastener 6 at the upper left corner toward the left, as viewed in Figure 1, sufficiently to withdraw the lower key I5 from the upper edge groove 22 of the selected front without withdrawing the longer key I4 from the loweredge groove 23 of the next higher front 4 in the samevertical row, and also moving the slide II of `the fastener Ii at the right hand upper corner ofthe selected front toward the right, in a" similar `inanner. Thus the u'ppei" edge of the selected front 4 is unfastened and said front may be tilted outwardly on the ledges I2 of the fasteners 6 at its-lower cornersand then lifted off the last mentioned fasteners. As will be apparent, by moving the two slides III, in the manner specified, the keys I4, I5 slide in the grooves 22, 23 of the fronts 4 in 'the vertical yrows upon each side of the selected front and without unfastening the adjacent corners of the fronts in said side rows, or, th'e corners of the fronts r4 immediately above the selected one. Thus, any selected `front 4 may be removed without unfastening other fronts.

willfnow be seen.

The foregoing will, `itis believed, suffice to impart a clear understanding of'our invention without further explanation.`

4Manifestly 'the invention, as described, is sus- The beveled ends I3 ofv the 'ledges I2 facilitate sliding movement of the slides Il between the Iedges of the fronts 4, as

ceptible of modification without departing from the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modications' asfall within th'e scope of the appended claim.

l What we claim is: g

The combination with a crypt, and pairs of side by side upper and lower front slabs therefor having adjacent corners grouped around a common center, of a fastener for said fronts comprising an `elongated plate ex'te'n ng lengthwise hori- Z'ntally b'elin'd "said c'iiniis, means to' anchor said plate to .said crypt, an elongated member 'slidably mounted on said plate for endwise adjustifient along the same and provided with a forwardly projecting horizontal ledge slidably interposed between the corners of the upper.r and lwe'r'pair of fronts, and coacting devices on said ledge vand 'edges 'of said corners slidably interlocking .the ledge with said corners, said devices ifi'pris'i'ng upper and lower rib-like keys on said ledge, and grooves in said edges forming key- ,ways one of the K'keys being :shorter than the other so that under As'lidin'g of said ledge said shorter key may be' withdrawn from the -g-'roove in the edge of one slab to release the 'corner of 

